completely free apps that can convert to different movie formats

[Sossity]

I have been told to try converting my .mpg movies files my digicam makes to DV for imovie since it will not imort or "see" the movie files.

would this be the best thing to do? what free apps are out there that can convert to many formats, including mpeg-2 to another for free?

 

[coasterider]

Handbrake?

 

[spinnerlys]

MPEG Streamclip, but for MPEG-2 encoded video you also need the QuickTimeMPEG-2Playback Component from the Apple Online Store for 20USD, to be able to read it.

And as editing applications don't like that many codecs, best use the DV or Apple Intermediate Codec with the QuickTime container (.mov).

Also MRoogle will give you dozens of threads about this.

 

[Bruce.Lee]

Try out Adapter , it can easily convert any video format to any other format and is completely free.

Good luck.

 

[Sossity]

MPEG Streamclip, but for MPEG-2 encoded video you also need the QuickTimeMPEG-2Playback Component from the Apple Online Store for 20USD, to be able to read it.

And as editing applications don't like that many codecs, best use the DV or Apple Intermediate Codec with the QuickTime container (.mov).

Also MRoogle will give you dozens of threads about this.

I downloaded mpeg stream, & tried it on one of my movie clips, it seemed to work, I exported it to DV, I was not sure about all the settings in the window, I chose NTSC for US TV, with aspect ratio at 4:3, & chose the 1st DV out of the drop down options. the original movie files are not high def, so I did not think they needed to be converted to this format.

I opened imovie again, & this time it let me import the DV converted clips.

I did a quick look at the original .mpg movie files; in snowleopard;
they were: 640 x 480, mpeg 2, layer 1, & my camera takes these at 2 quality settings; "fine" at 30 fps, (where the movement is more fluid like real life) and "standard" at 25 fps (movement not quite fluid but definitely watchable)

 

[khaled84]

quicktime pro

this is probably irrelevant but i am new to these forums...
i have purchased the quicktime pro 7 to be able to speed up my films but after saving my clips with the speed i want and taking them to imovie '08 (which doesnt have the feature of manipulating film speed) they would play with their original speed...

any idea how to take the clips to imovie from quicktime player with the updated playback speed?

thanks
khaled

 

[spinnerlys]

this is probably irrelevant but i am new to these forums...
i have purchased the quicktime pro 7 to be able to speed up my films but after saving my clips with the speed i want and taking them to imovie '08 (which doesnt have the feature of manipulating film speed) they would play with their original speed...

any idea how to take the clips to imovie from quicktime player with the updated playback speed?

thanks
khaled

Did you mean this?

It does not make your movie faster, it just plays it back faster, or have you saved the movie after applying 2x playback speed and the resulting file was playing back faster, even though the playback speed was set to 1x in the A/V Controls?

 

[ScoobyMcDoo]

this is probably irrelevant but i am new to these forums...
i have purchased the quicktime pro 7 to be able to speed up my films but after saving my clips with the speed i want and taking them to imovie '08 (which doesnt have the feature of manipulating film speed) they would play with their original speed...

Just FYI, I think imovie '09 allows speed manipulation.